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Question

1. What are the differences between a yeast, a mold, and a mushroom?

2. In what ways are fungi economically important?

3. Why do algae have a greater variety of photosynthetic pigments than land plants?

4. What characteristics do all algae have in common?

5. Name a disease for which humans are an intermediate host and another for which humans are a definitive host. Give an example of a disease in which humans are a dead-end host.

6. Trichomonas vaginalis does not produce a cyst form. What does this suggest about its transmission?

7. Explain the difference between a mechanical vector and a biological vector.

8. What are the major differences among nematodes, cestodes, and trematodes?

9. As an intermediate host for Taenia solium, why would humans be considered a dead-end host?

10. What is the function of the apical complex of apicomplexans?